user: Allison Jonjak
Waltz
Waltz
introduces moves: allemande, chain, swing, circle, slide along set, do si do
formation: improper, double progression
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋
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This dance written for the longtime dean of contra dance calling, Ralph Page of New Hampshire, who for many years helped keep contra dancing alive in rural New England in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. It’s appropriate he is honored here with one of the best-flowing dances ever written.
by: Ted Crane
introduces moves: gyre, meltdown swing, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | next neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors gyre left shoulders once ⁋
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(B2 ) Face across, your current neighbor is next to you; your Next neighbor is on the other side of you. Form a left hand star, ladles look back over their left shoulder to gyre their current neighbor. (A1) Find your next neighbor. The dance starts over with a right shoulder 'round with next neighbor.
by: John Coffman
introduces moves: box the gnat, hey, long lines
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ ⁋
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face new neighbors to star the dance over
Pair dance with Sweet Potato Pie
by: Rich Goss
introduces moves: balance the ring, roll away, give & take, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay along
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay across
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: right left through, form a long wave
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 3 places
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande right ½
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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Jim Hemphill notes:
In A2 the neighbor swing tends to end with couples "saw toothed" so during the long lines in B1 couples can shift slightly to the left to re-align across from their partner.
When waiting out at the ends, have the ladle on the left and gentlespoons on the right.
Written in honor of the late, loose parquet floor at the Contra Hilton, home of Bob Green, Martha Edwards, and many a calling party.
first published at: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/539-parkay-ode-to-a-dance-floor-by-jim-hemphill-ccw-becket
Waltz
by: Ron T. Blechner
introduces moves: custom, turn alone, promenade
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | ladles to the center and back
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| 2 | gentlespoons to the center
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| 4 | gentlespoons turn alone
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| 2 | gentlespoons go back
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½ (gentlespoons progress CCW, ladles progress CW) ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once (now your partner)
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right
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by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, form long waves, box circulate
formation: proper
please check wave constituency
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ¾
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| A2 | 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | twos swing in the center, end facing up ⁋
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by: Jim Hemphill
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons do si do once
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors promenade across
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| 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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Bradley Smith Notes:
The first time through the dance, the gentlespoons do-si-do in A1 is with the couple that you start the dance with. Every time after that, the gentlespoons have to look to the left to find the next gentlespoon to do-si-do. It's a very simple progression that just requires reminding gentlepoons that they must look to the left every time through the dance after the first to find the next gentlespoon to Do-si-do.
by: Gene Hubert
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Waltz